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The Totoket Historical Society's goal is to perserve our town's heritage and historical artifacts, educate the public and to demonstrate pride in our community both past and present.

Tombstone TuesdayZion Episcopal Church Cemeterythetotokethistoricalsociety.orgThomas Goodsell Wolcott 1764-1847Mr. Wolco...
10/27/2026

Tombstone Tuesday

Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery

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Thomas Goodsell Wolcott 1764-1847

Mr. Wolcott was a graduate of Yale University in 1783, but there is no information about his occupation. He married Lucy Huffman in 1789. Their children were Sarah Goodsell (1790-1822), Nancy Green (1791-1840), Eliza (1795-1832), Alexander, a doctor (1800-1842), Martha Davenport (1803-1835) and Lucretia (1805-1825). When Mr. Wolcott passed away in 1847 it was the end of his Wolcott branch. Three generations were gone, all buried in the Zion Episcopal Church Cemetery.

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10/25/2026

Monday, October 26th at 7 PM
Totoket Historical Society Meeting
Atwater Library, 1720 Foxon Road (RT 80)
North Branford

ALL ARE WELCOME!

10/24/2026
Tombstone Tuesdaythetotokethistoricalsociety.orgOld Northford John Stephen Linsley, M.D. (1838-1917)Dr. Linsley spent hi...
10/20/2026

Tombstone Tuesday

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Old Northford

John Stephen Linsley, M.D. (1838-1917)

Dr. Linsley spent his early years on his father’s farm in Northford. He began attending a country school at the age of four and, at 17, entered North Haven Academy. That same year, he was admitted to the State Normal School, where he earned his teaching certificate. He taught school until the outbreak of the Civil War, when he served as a hospital steward at a camp in Virginia while pursuing his interest in medicine.

In 1866, he entered the New York Homeopathic Hospital, graduating as valedictorian of his class.

A man of many talents and interests, Dr. Linsley was a devoted Christian, possessed a rich bass singing voice, and became a successful physician who treated more than 25,000 patients. He also had a keen interest in Jersey cattle, reflecting his lifelong connection to farming

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Tombstone TuesdayNorth Branford Congregational Church Cemetery Issac Bartholomew 1664-1727Mr. Bartholomew was born in Ro...
10/14/2026

Tombstone Tuesday

North Branford Congregational Church Cemetery

Issac Bartholomew 1664-1727

Mr. Bartholomew was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1664. He moved with his father to Woodstock, CT and then to Branford. He was a highly respected farmer. He married Rebecca Frisbie, having 10+ children. One of his daughters was named Freelove. He passed away in North Branford at the age of 63.
This was the oldest stone in the cemetery but with environmental factors and it being made from brownstone, it may no longer be there.

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1740 Foxon Road
North Branford, CT
06471

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10am - 12pm

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(203) 488-0423

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